Appointment Scheduling Software

Atlas Business Solutions Introduces New Customer Appointment Software

FARGO, ND - November 5, 2003 - Atlas Business Solutions, Inc. (ABS), a leading provider of small business software, today announced the release of Customer Appointment Manager®. This new, easy-to-use, appointment book software is designed to help small businesses schedule and manage their customer appointments.

Customer Appointment Manager helps businesses spend less time scheduling appointments and more time focusing on customers. With Customer Appointment Manager, users can quickly find available appointment times and schedule a one-time or repeating appointment, all with just a few clicks of their mouse. It also gives users the power to:

• View appointments by day, week, or month
• Set appointment reminders
• Prevent double-bookings
• Fill cancellations and avoid no-shows
• Increase staff utilization
• Improve customer service
• Import employees and customers from QuickBooks®

"Many customers find scheduling an appointment time-consuming and sometimes frustrating. Regardless of whether they're trying to schedule a haircut, a dental appointment, or an appointment to get their car fixed, customers demand prompt and efficient service," said Jon Forknell, vice president of sales and marketing for ABS. "Customer Appointment Manager gives small business owners the tools they'll need to quickly service their customers and manage their appointments."

Fast appointment scheduling

Customer Appointment Manager is the fastest way to book appointments. Users can quickly find available appointment times (by employee, time, or both), and schedule a one-time or repeating appointment, all with just a few clicks of a mouse.

Managing appointments is easy

Customer Appointment Manager makes managing appointments easy. It helps prevent double-bookings by alerting the user of conflicting appointments. Customer Appointment Manager also helps fill cancellations and no-shows with its built-in waiting list. In addition, if customers need to re-schedule an appointment, Customer Appointment Manager helps users find existing appointments by date and time as well as by customer name, service requested, or keyword.

Simple to learn and use

Customer Appointment Manager's point-and-click navigation and intuitive design make it easy to learn and use, even for first-time computer users. Users can see daily, weekly, or monthly appointment information for any time period. Flexible reporting allows users to print a daily appointment sheet for each employee, an appointments report for any date range, or a waiting list.

How to get Customer Appointment Manager

Customer Appointment Manager can be purchased by calling ABS at 1-800-874-8801 (1-701-235-5226) or on-line at www.abs-usa.com. Pricing for Customer Appointment Manager starts at $299 for a single-user license. Multi-user versions start at $399 for a 2-user license and the cost per additional user is $100. Customer Appointment Manager is backed by a 90-day, unconditional, money-back guarantee.

About ABS

Atlas Business Solutions, Inc. (ABS) is a leading provider of easy-to-learn, easy-to-use, and affordable business software. Since 1991, ABS has helped customers directly reduce costs, save time and streamline business processes by providing employee scheduling software, human resource software, appointment scheduling software, and business plan software. ABS was named one of Software Magazine's Top 500 Software Companies in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and again in 2010. ABS software titles include: Client Appointment Manager, Customer Appointment Manager®, HR Document Maker, Patient Appointment Manager, ScheduleAnywhere®, ScheduleBase®, Staff Files®, Ultimate Business Planner®, Ultimate Financial Forecaster®, and Visual Staff Scheduler® Pro.

Customer Appointment Manager, ScheduleAnywhere, Staff Files, Ultimate Business Planner, Ultimate Financial Forecaster, and Visual Staff Scheduler are reigstered trademarks of Atlas Business Solutions, Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.